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A Broward County judge ruled on Monday that Nathan Gingles, the man facing the death penalty in the Feb. 16 triple murders in Tamarac, can’t afford private attorneys and will keep his current public defenders, despite prosecutors’ arguments to the contrary. Gingles, 43, is facing three counts of first-degree murder in the shootings of his estranged wife, Mary Gingles; her father, David Ponzer; and a neighbor Andrew Ferrin, who was shot when Mary Gingles ran into his home while trying to... Read More

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 20, the 232nd day of 2025. There are 133 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 20, 2012, after 80 years in existence, Georgia’s Augusta National golf club (home to the Masters Tournament) invited former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore to become its first female members; both accepted. Also on this date: In 1858, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was first published, in the “Journal of the Proceedings of... Read More

General Daily Insight for August 20, 2025 Maintaining our autonomy may feel impossible today. While the complex Cancer Moon conjoins appeasing Venus, our longing for approval could be close to the surface. The Moon then shifts into dramatic Leo at 7:17 pm EDT and opposes manipulative Pluto shortly thereafter, setting the stage for epic battles of wills. Following our personal bliss might seem guaranteed to cut us off from the support of our peers. We’ll have to decide how well we can get... Read More

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI President Donald Trump has made clear in recent weeks that he’s willing to use the vast powers of his office to prevent his party from losing control of Congress in next year’s midterm elections. Some of the steps Trump has taken to intervene in the election are typical, but controversial, political maneuvers taken to his trademark extremes. That includes pushing Republican lawmakers in Texas and other conservative-controlled states to redraw their legislative maps... Read More

By ERIC TUCKER, AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has ordered the revocation of the security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials, including some who worked on the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, according to people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to discuss it by name. A memo from the Office of the Director of National... Read More

A former Lauderhill police officer accused of coercing a woman for an unusual sexual favor pleaded no contest to related charges Tuesday, stopping what could have been an embarrassing trial minutes before jury selection was about to get underway. Thomas Merenda was facing the possibility of a maximum 16-year prison term if convicted of unlawful compensation and misdemeanor battery, charges that stemmed from a May 2012 encounter with two women leaving a Lauderhill strip club. According to... Read More

Not everyone misses the glitzy light display on the city-owned garage on Las Olas Boulevard near Fort Lauderdale beach. Leland “Lee” Pillsbury, who lives across from the garage on the west side of the Intracoastal Waterway, says he was thrilled when the lights went dark. Pillsbury, 78, moved to a home on Castilla Isle with his wife in 1992. In 2007, they tore down the house and built a new one with 13,074 square feet now valued at $17.8 million. Pillsbury, a venture capitalist and native... Read More

A man watched the group of personal watercraft from his condo across the Intracoastal Waterway in Fort Lauderdale. He saw no passing boats near the three watercraft that were riding in the middle of the waterway, he told a 911 dispatcher. What he watched was “strange,” he said. One appeared to slow down to make a turn, “and then they gunned it.” The 911 calls released Tuesday provide new details of the Aug. 12 crash that resulted in the death of 13-year-old Rachel Nisanov and... Read More

This is “Small Bites,” a South Florida Sun Sentinel feature with tiny tidbits on the food and beverage scene — because we know that sometimes you just don’t have room for a long article. You want a little news brief instead, an amuse bouche of information, if you will. Enjoy! WHAT: Hip hop honcho Fat Joe and Rocco’s Tacos and Tequila Bar have teamed up for a new signature cocktail. Called “The Fat Joe” Skinny Mo, it’s a mojito made with Sonrisa Puerto Rican Rum, specifically... Read More

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered his assurances that U.S. troops would not be sent to help defend Ukraine against Russia after seeming to leave open the possibility the day before. Trump also said in a morning TV interview that Ukraine’s hopes of joining NATO and regaining the Crimean Peninsula from Russia are “impossible.” The Republican president, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other... Read More